George R. Riddle

George Read Riddle (1817-29 March 1867) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-DL) from 4 March 1851 to 4 March 1855 (succeeding John W. Houston and preceding Elisha D. Cullen) and a US Senator from 2 February 1864 to 29 March 1867 (interrupting James A. Bayard Jr.'s terms).

Biography
George Read Riddle was born in New Castle, Delaware in 1817, and he became a lawyer in 1848. From 1849 to 1850, he served as a Deputy Attorney General, and he went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. He served in the Home Guard of Wilmington during the American Civil War before serving in the US Senate from 1864 to 1867, dying in office.